Tom Thumb (fairy tale character)
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Tom Thumb is a tiny boy from English folklore whose adventures, often involving being swallowed or escaping dangerous situations through his small size, have made him a classic fairy-tale character.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Thumb | 4 |
| Little Thumbling | 1 |
| Tom Thumb in Tom Thumb | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale character
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fictional child ⓘ folklore character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
animated films
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children's books ⓘ puppet shows ⓘ stage plays ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | early modern English folklore ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
dangers of the wider world
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survival through wit ⓘ underdog triumph ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culture | English folklore ⓘ |
| escapeMethod | uses small size to escape danger ⓘ |
| fameRegion | English-speaking world ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | English fairy tales ⓘ |
| firstKnownLanguage | English ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later tiny-hero characters in literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic fairy-tale character ⓘ |
| moralAspect |
curiosity can lead to danger
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wit can overcome physical weakness ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
figure of comic adventure
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figure of peril and escape ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
cleverness
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mischievousness ⓘ resourcefulness ⓘ thumb-sized body ⓘ very small size ⓘ |
| parentageInFolklore |
childless couple wishes for a tiny son
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son of a poor peasant couple ⓘ |
| partOf | British folk-tale tradition ⓘ |
| recursIn | multiple variants of English folk tales ⓘ |
| riskPattern | frequently in life-threatening situations ⓘ |
| sizeRelativeToHumans | as small as a thumb ⓘ |
| storyElements |
magic
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rural English setting ⓘ talking animals or giants ⓘ |
| storyType | tale of a miraculous child ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| typicalMotif |
being swallowed by animals or giants
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escaping from the belly of a creature ⓘ getting into trouble because of small size ⓘ traveling inside animals or objects ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tom Thumb
this entity surface form:
Tom Thumb
this entity surface form:
Little Thumbling
subject surface form:
Tom Thumb (locomotive)
subject surface form:
Charles Perrault
this entity surface form:
Tom Thumb
this entity surface form:
Tom Thumb
this entity surface form:
Tom Thumb in Tom Thumb